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Re:Reddit now tracks all outbound link clicks by default, ex... by 0xmohit on Friday July 08, 2016 @01:41AM (#12053734)
Use DuckDuckGo [0] and you would get the proper URL for the link.

https://duckduckgo.com/

https://ddg.gg (short URL)

[0] the search engine that doesn't track you

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Re:Reddit now tracks all outbound link clicks by default, ex... by _nedR on Friday July 08, 2016 @09:24AM (#12055284)
Incorrect. I just tried it right now. duckduckgo has the same redirect behaviour as Google.To test this, middle-click a search result, ie open the link in a new tab.

edit: i can't find a way to disable this behaviour in the settings either.

edit 2 : Strange. It doesn't seem to be doing it now. I could sworn i have seen it use redirect links on multiple occassions.

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